A revolution has been brewing since at least the time of Jesus. A worldwide uprising that is gaining steam and threatening to take over the world. It’s the insurrection of Love! Not some fluffy or undefined “love” though, but Love wherein we freely and joyfully commit and give ourselves for the thriving and flourishing of all.
I write about this for a variety of reasons, foremost being I just had an incredible, sustained, and intense experience of this Love. To start the next phase of my Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) with Eoin (pronounced Ian) Finn, I went to Bali for a two week YTT immersion. His school is named Blissology and graduating from this part of the training makes me a Blissologists … How cool is that!?
In Blissology we began and concluded every yoga practice with hugs. Additionally, during the teaching segments, we marked the transitions from one subject to another with high fives. What is more, a KEY part of our daily schedule was the ALDP (aka After Lunch Dance Party). Finally, not that this was “all” though, we ended each yoga practice with a Circle of Light. While this is far easier to experience than explain, in short a Circle of Light is where after being physically wrung out and mentally calmed by our yoga practice, we sat huddled together with eyes closed for several minutes. During these sweet times of communal meditation and connection, we sat peacefully receiving more Light and Love into our souls. These practices characterized an attitude and mentality I can find no better word for than magical.
(Our whole tribe hugging after a sunrise beach meditation. Picture courtesy of Tyler Brower.)
I say “magical” because the Love between and within us was SO present and thick it was virtually tangible … as I type that, in truth I’d say it sometimes literally was palpable. We hugged, we cried together, we laughed, we shared our deep hurts, we expressed our passionate dreams, we danced, we joked, we went out of our way to get food, medicine, and such for each other when people were sick or injured, and so much more. After a mere two weeks together, I feel as if EVERY beautiful person there is my sister or brother, THAT’S how deep and real the Love was and is with them.
I’ll put this in two ways that are basically the highest compliments possible from Lang.